Delivery and post retrofit
RISE Discoveries Editorial: Deterioration of retrofit podcast
Introduction
At Leeds Beckett University, the Leeds Sustainability Institute has spent three decades evaluating building performance. Their focus spans behaviour, building systems, and the surrounding environment. Dr. Fletcher, in particular, works with social housing providers to evaluate retrofit works—gathering pre- and post- installation data to fully understand how upgrades perform under real-world conditions.
Published: September 2025
Contents
RISE Discoveries Editorial: Deterioration of retrofit podcast
Jonathan Newton of RISE recently spoke with Dr Martin Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow at the Leeds Sustainability Institute, about a pressing but underexplored challenge in energy efficiency: retrofit deterioration.Read the case study by downloading the PDF below.
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